From a Heart in a Backpack to a Heart Transplant
Stan Larkin – Credit: University of Michigan Health System
Sciencedaily.com reported about Stan Larkin, 25, who recently had a heart transplant, at the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, after living for 555 days with a wearable heart device.
Fun facts: In 1980, an African American doctor, Levi Watkins Jr., a Johns Hopkins cardiac surgeon, was the first physician to successfully put an automatic defibrillator in a human heart.
In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, an African American, was one the first physicians to complete successful open heart surgery in the United States. He also founded Provident Hospital, the nation’s first medical facility with and interracial staff. Watch video of his life.
